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Monday, July 07, 2008

BlogHer Conference '08 Comes to San Francisco and Meet-Ups for Food Bloggers

Before you know it, over a thousand bloggers will be in San Francisco for the 2008 BlogHer Conference. Many of you know that I write about food for BlogHer.com, and I have great respect for all the women associated with BlogHer. I'm excited to be attending BlogHer '08, and also about meeting more food bloggers, not only the people attending BlogHer, but hopefully some San Francisco food bloggers as well. Here are a couple of announcements for bloggers who are attending the conference, plus news about plans you might want to get in on if you'll be in San Francisco that weekend.

First, if you're a food blogger who's attending BlogHer, please check the list below and see if your name is there. If not, leave a comment and I will promptly add you. Then be sure to attend the Food, Cooking, and Entertaining "Birds of a Feather" session from 11:15-11:55 the morning of Friday, July 18 to meet your fellow food and drink bloggers. In order to maximize the use of time and make it a learning experience, I've given a homework assignment for the session, so be sure to check that out.

There are a few food bloggers who are attending the conference only on Saturday, July 19, and since that day has a nice amount of time scheduled for lunch, Lydia and I are hoping to organize an informal meet-up with food bloggers during the lunch break. The plan is to save seats in one corner of the room where the lunch break is being held that day, and spend 12:00-1:00 having an unofficial "food blogger lunch." If you're there on Saturday, please find us a join in the fun. (If this turns into a more organized plan, I'll edit this post with an update.)

I've also been talking with Amy about a plan for food bloggers who are attending the conference to have a chance to meet San Francisco bloggers, and we've decided to have another informal gathering on Sunday, July 20, at 1:00 on the patio at Americano Restaurant and Bar (in Hotel Vitale.) If you're a food blogger who's in San Francisco that day, we'd love to hang out with you there for a few hours. (You can leave a comment on this post or contact Amy or myself if you want to let us know you're coming. Or just show up! People who are attending the Unconference that day, we hoped maybe you could come for a quick lunch.)

Finally, the absolute best part of attending a conference like this is meeting new people or re-connecting with old friends. I wrote about the food bloggers I met at BlogHer 2006 and more bloggers I met at BlogHer 2007. Below is the unofficial list of food bloggers I know about who will be attending one or both days of the 2008 BlogHer conference. (Again, if I missed you, leave a comment and I'll get you on the list!)

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I will definitely be there (my blog is the Garden of Eating)! I'm looking forward to your session, Kalyn. Thanks for posting this list -- I was trying to figure out which other food bloggers would be there but had a hard time telling who was who from the blogher site.

Anne Marie, thanks. I'm not retiring until the end of next school year (May 2009) but that does sound like it might be a fun idea. My friends are egging me on to get one of those "counting down" widgets on the blog, but even if I don't do that I'll definitely be counting down!

I was at BlogHer, but I was helping run the Bookstore, and I had almost no time to socialize! I can't even remember if I saw you or not :) I would have liked to have met Kath from Kath Eats Real Food, too.

I did bump into Biggie at the Unconference, though. Hopefully I can spend more time hanging out with all the great Food bloggers next year!

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